Manuscript-holder and lighting appliance.



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W L 4 8 0W 8 7 m N MANUSCRIPT HOLDER AND LIGHTING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.28,1904.

Witnesses Zia/ Jy orrl s n e A ttorneys "w mun Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALTERS. MORRIS, OF HALIFAX, CANADA.

MANUSCRIPT-HOLDER AND LIGHTING APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,841, dated May 2,1905. Application filed April 28,1904. $e11'al No. 205,433.

T0 at whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, WALTER S. MORRIS, a

subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Halifax, county ofHalifax, Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Manuscript- Holders and Lighting Appliances; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements inmanuscript-holders and lighting appliance to be used in conjunctiontherewith, both of which are readily adjustable with relation to thedesk upon which or in proximity to which they are supported The objectof the invention is to provide means whereby manuscripts may be supported in convenient proximity to a desk and lighting means may be providedwhich will be readily adjustable to adapt itself to furnish such lightas may be required for readingthe manuscript, books, or documents placedupon what is hereinafter referred to as the manuscript-holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a readily-adjustablemeans for the purpose required which Will be strong, durable, andeconomical and which will comprise only such parts as will be readilyobtainable in the open market and require a minimum of special fittingsto adapt it for the purpose intended.

In the inclosed drawings similar numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts, wherein Figure 1 is an elevational view showing myimproved device supported in position upon a desk or type-writercabinet. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the upper portionof the invention described; and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig.2, showing the lower bracket complete.

Referring to the parts by numerals, l indicates a desk on which forconvenience the de vice is mounted for the purpose of betterillustrating its advantages.

2 is a bracket connecting with the rear portion of the desk near thelower side thereof.

tically with relation to the desk.

3 is a bracket connected, preferably, with the top of the desk at theback side.

4: is a standard or supporting-rod swiveled in the brackets 2 and 3, acollar 5, provided with a set-screw 6, being secured upon the lower endof the standard 4, so as to provide convenient means for adjusting thesame ver- On the upper portion of the standard 4 is a collar 7, providedwith a set-screw 8, which serves as a supporting means for the T-shapedcoupling 9, which is slipped upon the standard 4L above the collar 7 andwith which coupling 9 is connected an arrri 10, which is provided with alongitudinally-projected slot or opening 11 and the set-screw 12, thepurpose of which will be hereinafter described. Preferably telescopingwithin the arm 10 is a rod or tube 13, which is provided near its innerend with the screw-stop 14, slidable in the slot 11, whereby thelongitudinal movement of the rod or member 13 is limited. Upon the outerend of the rod 13 is a second T-shaped coupling 15, which is preferablyconnected with the member 13 by screw-threads uniting the said partstogether. Supported within the coupling 15 is a stem 16, whichis held inplace by the set-screw 17 bearing thereupon, the said set-screw passingthrough the coupling 15, so as to frictionally engagethe stem 16 andhold it at the required elevation.

Connected with the upper end of the stem 16 is a plate 18, which forms asupportingbracket for the manuscriptholder, generally designated by thereference-numeral 19, which manuscript-holder may be of any convenientand desirable form and is readily obtainable in the open market.

Supported upon the standard 4 by means of an approximately T-shapcdcoupling 20 is a tube 21, the coupling 20 being screw-threaded andthereby engaging corresponding screwthreads on the upper end of thecolumn i, whereby the arm 21 is swivcled upon the said column 4:. isprovided with a plug 22, (best shown in Fig. 2,) which plug is providedwith an eye or opening through which the electric-light wires 23 maypass to the interior of the tube 21 and its extension.

The rear end of the coupling 20 9 The tube 21, like the tube 10, isprovided 1 with an extension 24, which extension termi- I nates in agooseneck portion 25, rising above l and projecting forwardly of themanuscriptj holder 19, so that the lamp 26, Supported by i saidextension 24:, may be supported in such convenient proximity to themanuscriptholder that light from the lamp will be thrown upon themanuscript supported thereon. As with the lower bracket, the upperbracket, comprising the arms 21 and 24, is provided with set-screws 27and 28, adapted to limit and regulate the longitudinal movement of theextension 24 within the supporting-arm 21. By the before-describedconnections it will be evident that the position of themanuscript-holder 19 may be adjusted to adapt itself to the particularrequirements of the operator, and when so adjusted the light-carryingbracket may be supported in such convenient proximity thereto as toproperly illuminate the manuscript or other matter supported by themanuscript-holder. If, however, the light is not required, thelight-bracket, comprising the members 21 and 24, may be turned upon itsswivel 20 to a position where it will be out of the way. As persons ofdifferent height may desire the whole apparatus adjusted to differentelevations, the set-screw 6, bearing upon the column 4, will be found aconvenient means .for adjusting the elevation of the manuscript-holderand light. The manuscript-holder being supported by the stem 16 andset-screw 17, it will be evident that the angularity thereof withrelation to the supports 10 and 13 may be adjusted to adapt it to thespecial requirements of the operator, and it will be found convenient tohave this adjustment so that the position of the manuscript supportedthereon may be changed to suit the particular requirements of anyoccasion.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of myinvention, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise form shown, for many of the details may be changed in form orposition without affecting the operativeness or utility of my invention,and I therefore reserve the right to make all such modifications as areincluded within the scope of the following claim or of mechanicalequivalents to the structures set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- In a device of the character described, avertical standard mounted for rotary movement and for verticaladjustment, a collar on said standard, a T-shaped coupling sleeved onthe standard and supported by said collar, a longitudinally adjustablearm supported from said coupling, a vertically adjustable stem supportedby the outer end of said arm, acoupling swiveled on the upper end of thestandard, an arm carried by said coupling, an extension adjustablymounted in the upper arm and having a gooseneck portion and carrying alamp, and a manuscript-holder mounted on the upper end of said stem saidgooseneck portion adapted to overhang said manuscriptholder.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

WALTER S. MORRIS. Witnesses:

E. F. LUGRIN, A. M. ELLIOT.

